Feeling Half Human

Yesterday I never opened the gate so our mail lady left a slip in the mailbox that I said we had three boxes to pick up at the post office. Today I felt half way human so I decided to venture in to town. On our way out Katie and I found a large box at the gate. It was a UPS package for Katie from my sister Linda. I loaded that in the van. At the post office I collected three large boxes, all Christmas presents, and had to use one of their rolling carts to get them to the van. Once home I discovered that I could not fit the new boxes into our walk-in closet, which is currently a misnomer for that space since it is stuffed full of presents for Katie, mainly the play kitchen. The large soaking tub in the master bathroom has a crack in the fiberglass which Rick needs to repair. So I figured why not use it to store Christmas presents and that is where the large box from my sister and one of the boxes from my in-laws are currently sitting. Thank goodness the shower unit in that bathroom is a stand-alone and we have another bathroom! Tonight after Katie goes to sleep I will try to move the play kitchen boxes into the tub. Currently I cannot get to my clothes but Rick's are accessible. However, Rick is a tall cowboy so I can't actually borrow his---his pants anyway. I borrow his shirts all the time much to his chagrin.

Katie and I ate lunch at Subway today. After being sick and barely eating, I was craving good food, so I ordered a veggie sub. Katie wanted to eat in the restaurant. We grabbed a table at the window and as we sat there it occurred to me that I have never dined in a restaurant alone with my daughter. It was a really good feeling. I have a little friend with whom to do lunch!

My mother-in-law sent me an email about using Vick's Vap-o-rub to quell coughing spells by rubbing it onto the bottom of both feet. You then put socks on. I tried this trick on Katie one night and it worked. Apparently Katie likes the smell and feeling of it on her feet because lately as soon as I change her into her jammies, she requests that I rub Vicks on her feet. Sometimes she is a strange little bird.